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The US Supreme Court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s bid to end a programme that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.The justices upheld lower court rulings which found his move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme was “unlawful”.It protects “Dreamers” – undocumented …

In the face of a deteriorating economic situation, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has opted to ease lockdown restrictions further even though coronavirus cases are beginning to rise rapidly. In the past week alone, the number has increased by 37%. But in a frank address to the nation, the president …

The UN-recognised government in Libya is extending the curfew to combat the coronavirus for another 10 days in the areas it controls. The government based in the capital, Tripoli, has said that the curfew will run from 20:00 until 06:00 local time with a 24-hour curfew on Friday and Saturday. …

Brooks, a black man killed last week in Atlanta, will be charged with murder and assault, officials say.The other officer involved plans to testify as a witness in the case, the Fulton County District Attorney said in a news conference on Wednesday.The decision comes in the wake of nationwide protests …

The top US military officer says he was wrong to have joined President Donald Trump during his controversial walk to a damaged church near the White House. The 1 June event created “a perception of the military involved in domestic politics”, Gen Mark Milley said. Mr Trump walked to the …

Donald Trump will hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, next Friday – his first since since states began shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed more than 110,000 lives in the US.The 19 June rally will likely rattle some public health experts, as coronavirus infections rise in about …

A boat carrying up to 300 Rohingya refugees tried to land in Malaysia this week but turned back after spotting patrol vessels seeking to prevent migrants entering over virus fears, an official says.The boat is believed to have been at sea for three to four months and tried several times …

China’s government has strongly rejected a preliminary study by US researchers suggesting the coronavirus may have been circulating in the city of Wuhan, where the first cases where reported, since August 2019. The new paper by experts at Boston University and Harvard, which has not been peer-reviewed, is based on …

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Prosecutors in the northern Italian city of Bergamo say they will question members of the government, including Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, over their handling of the coronavirus. The prosecutors said they would summon Mr Conte and others as “informed persons” – that is without attributing any crime to them. It …